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sharkeeper

Lifer
Jan 13, 2001
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We *do* have stuff that would blow him out of the water, but it isn't what I would call consumer stuff and certainly isn't priced for the average consumer.

Cheers!
 

appu

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www.susarla.org
The way his FAQs are presented really does make one believe it's some sorta HTML
project .

On a more serious note, there are many users in other parts of the world who don't
know s#!t about computers and they fall into traps laid out by tricksters like this. I am
from India and I only know too well how people are fooled here. Take this story I heard
once (and believe me it's true):

There's this user who complained to his system assembler that his CD-ROM drive
wasn't reading one particular CD. There were a lot of exchanges over phone and
ultimately, the vendor comes over to the customer's place, and tells the guy that the
reason the CD wasn't being read was because there's a "hole" in the CD. Imagine
that! People like this guy will sell a few systems here, I'm damned sure of that.

Bye,
Appu
 
Dec 4, 2002
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Originally posted by: abaez
I'm about 20 minutes from marina del rey, maybe I'll don my ninja suit tomorrow and go down and take some stealthy pics of his ultra high tech modern business.

yes! :camera:s!
 

DaFinn

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Jan 24, 2002
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His machines come with WIN XP Pro 2004??? I didn't know it was out yet. My company usually gets all betas and evaluation versions fairly early... have to call Bill!
 

DaFinn

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Jan 24, 2002
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Originally posted by: cipcipcip
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1) Costanzo Ferro 14 Viale Gorizia, 00198 Rome, Italy

2) Enrique Alfonso 18 Rue Laffitte, 75009 Paris, France

3) Andrew Robinson 821, United Nation Plaza, 6th Floor, New York, N.Y. 10017, USA

4) Reinaldo Arellano, Av. V. Mackenna 4860 Casilla 306, Correo 22, Santiago CHILE

5) CIPRIAN ALEXANDRU, STR. T. VLADIMIRESCU, NR. 28, BL. C4, AP. 39, City: CAMPINA, cod 2150, Jud: PRAHOVA, Country: Romania

6) Cintya Gonzales 295 Clyde Street, Granville South, N.S.W. 2142, Australia



STEP2: Now you cut from the adresses list no.1 and move the other 5 UP with a position an put YOUURE ADRESS on th 6 POSSITION!!! You have to understand that if you put youreself on other position you will recive less money because the multiplicaton factor is smaller. If you whant to recive more money you have to play correctly and send the letters so other users put you too on forums so youre adress will be on hundreds and hundreds of list and foums. Just sacrifice a day froum youre 30.000 days you have to live and get rich! 60 $ is a very small amount of money in comparation with what you will win!!!



STEP3: Change something on this article if you whant but try to keep it close to the original!!! Now publish the article with youre name on position 6 on as many forums and news grups all arround the world!!! There are many! 200 publications is requested but more publications, more money for you!!! I suggest to write an attractive subject so hundreds of people will read it!!!! READY! It shouldn?t take you more than 30 second for ever newsgroup. Remeber! More publications, more money!!! Depends on you! You have to publish at last 200 times!!!

Let?s make a small mathematic game! You will start to get money on your mailbox in a few days!!! Why? Well... from the 200 publications I made, let say you gen 7 answer (a verry small number, if you think that hundreds and hundres of people visti those forums everyday!) So you win 70 $ with youre name on the 6 position. Now, everey 7 persons that sned you money will publish their articles on other 200 each forums with youre neme on the 5 position and the get 70$ each, but you will get 7*7*700=3430 $ !!!!!!!! (at last!) Continuing this with my very very small example of 7 persons you win 24.010 $ with youre neme on the 4 position!!! ... 168.070 $ on the 3 rd position!!!!! 1.176.490 $ on the 2nd positon........ and... you cand just imagine!!!!!! You are to smart not to try this!!! And all that with just a small investment of 60 $. This is a new game!!! Play it and get rich. Just a genius could invent this!!! Some people said that people can get bored and not to read the articles, but think that 150 000 new people are joing internet every day!!!

PLAY ONEST AND YOU?RE ADRESS FOR MONEY WILL BE ON HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF FOUMS!!!!! AND THE MONEY WILL COME TO YOU!!!

This game is based on a very old rulle of the market.... that every body sould know... The multiplication factor!!! Do you think that the big malls get rich because you buy a Coke! NO! HUNDRED OF PEOPLE DO THIS..... TRY! Is the BEST thing you have done!!!

BAN!
 

Lint21

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If you look on Google Groups, this guy has been around since 1998 or so. Even back then, he was using deceptive marketing practices. He advertised that he was selling new "900MHZ Computers" when they were really just dual 450s. Lots of spam from this guy.

He uses Maximum PC and Computer Gaming World as references. I'm tempted to email them and see if they've ever heard of him, let alone reviewed and endorsed him. He is not in the December Issue of CGW as he claims, and there's no mention of him in the Maximum PC archives.
 

NgtFlyer

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man, and I thought he was from south Florida...

The four years I lived there, overnight computer shops popped up and disappeared just about weekly. Shows were really funny!

Remember the 100X CD-ROM drive? Beach Computers claimed to have invented it. Then there were the countless systems sold with 20GB drives, really just compressed 10 giggers. The list goes on... (yes, this was back in '98 when 10GB was a really huge drive)

I wanna see pix of this guy's shop..
 

Sunbird

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Jul 20, 2001
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This sounds like some mix between a religious fanatic and a PC builder (God talks to me/AMD gives me special chips).

I wonder how much money this guy makes?

And he would probably tell you thatwith a Radeon 9200SE, the SE that stands for Seriously Extreme

 

Sunner

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Oct 9, 1999
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Maybe that uber fast 500 GB TXK Michael's special ultra HD is really just two RAID-0'ed 250 giggers then?

I wonder if a 3.2 GHz hyperthreaded P4 becomes a 6.4 GHz P4 then? Not to mention 12.8 GHz when doing "everyday stuff" thanks to double pumped ALU's.
 

dexvx

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Feb 2, 2000
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Its probably an overclocked FX, Raided 250GB drives, other assorted overclocked/out of spec hardware.
 

bluemax

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Apr 28, 2000
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Originally posted by: Sunbird
This sounds like some mix between a religious fanatic and a PC builder

That bugs me.... Lying jerks like Mr. Trailer Park Computers give good, decent Christians a bad name. Like calling yourself a Christian means you'd NEVER, EVER tell them a lie about PC performance, NEVER, EVER rip them off or sell them shoddy crap...

This guy's behaviour has told everyone in here aleady - he's anything BUT.

 

sharkeeper

Lifer
Jan 13, 2001
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Someone should email him asking him to run a COSBI file test on his "extraordinary" disk system. Insist that he installs Lotus Screen Cam and capture then entire session so he doesn't cheat his @ss off.

Cheers!
 

akseli

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Not the first and certainly not the last to sell "n00bies" junk... they promise alot and make rigs sound incredible and then ship you with a pentium III 866 saying that you forgot to read the fine print ... (happened to a friend even after i warned him against buying) ...
 

bluemax

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Apr 28, 2000
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Heh.... I remember in the 286 days, there was one advertiser in The Computer Paper that would advertise:

"Who cares about speed? What you want is POWER!! This PC has a 250W power supply, far more than our competitors!!!"

And other than a high-number power supply, it was no different of a PC - just advertised by someone who probably wears a checkered suit with shoulder pads and fake muscles in the sleeves....
 

Viper96720

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Jul 15, 2002
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I wonder if all his feedback is real. If it isn't couldn't he get in trouble if one of them charged him with misrepresentation or something.
 

dguy6789

Diamond Member
Dec 9, 2002
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Go L is perfectly legit. I know several ppl who bought pcs from them, they are indeed fast, but way overpriced. Also anandtech reviewed one of their pcs a while ago.
 

ChefJoe

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Jan 5, 2002
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Originally posted by: MrCodeDude
So I emailed him pointing out that it is no FX-51 3400+ and the HTT/FSB thing and he emails me back with this:
Hello Michael,

The AMD FX-51 3400+ is AMD?s Flagship processor which we have had exclusively for the last 6 weeks as of this time. The MX57 was and still is the finest laptop with the best in components and speed.

Athlon 64?s run on a 800MHz Front Side Bus within Windows XP. By default, the architecture is designed to run on a 1600MHz Bus speed as well.

With our superior experience and the finest clients in the industry always demanding instant performance, we are so proud to always develop it first and foremost.

We will be glad to take off $100 for you and still include a 5 year warranty. Fair enough?

Michael J Gonzales / Owner Michael's Computers
Michael's MX8 2004 - World's Only 64-BIT INSTANT Computer with new AMD FX-51 3400+ Processor
877-739-0205 - Worldwide / International
?We have computers from every company & your MX Systems are by far the fastest. Our technicians
have seen literally hundreds of cutting-edge computers from every manufacturer and they practically
drooled over your MX" - United States Navy California/Sidewinder Missile Development Team

Isn't impersonating a Navy personel officer something that'll land this guy in the federal "# me in the as$" prison ?
 
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